This is an analysis of the poem On Death that begins with:
1.
Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabab XacXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 1101110101 1101110101 0101010101 1111010101 1 1100111111 1101011101 0101111101 0101101001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of On Death;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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